The first version of The Beatles "Helter Skelter" was a 27 minute jam, so you can imagine what Ringo was going through pounding away all that time. To convince the guys that he needed a break, he screamed, "I've got blisters on my fingers!" This was included on the fadeout.
Billy Joel's song "Allentown" was written as "Levittown," which is the town in Long Island where he grew up. He got the idea to change it after taking a trip to Pennsylvania.
The riff for The Sex Pistols' "Pretty Vacant" was pinched from a very unpunk song, the ABBA ballad "S.O.S."
Elton John's songwriting partner Bernie Taupin wrote the original lyrics for Starship's "We Built This City." It was the first Hot 100 Top 10 hit Taupin wrote without John.
You wouldn't know it from the upbeat melody, but "Walkin' On The Sun" by Smash Mouth is about the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.
The moans of pleasure in the Guns N' Roses song "Rocket Queen" are authentic.
A founding member of the band War, Harold gives a first-person account of one of the most important periods in music history.
Country songs with titles so bizarre they can't possibly be real... or can they?
Go beyond The Beatles to see what you know about the British Invasion.
You know the scenes - Tom Cruise in his own pants-off dance off, Molly Ringwald celebrating her birthday - but do you remember what song is playing?
Into the vaults for this talk with Bolton from the '80s when he was a focused on writing songs for other artists.
Songs where something goes horribly wrong (literally or metaphorically), and help is needed right away.
